Get live captions in real time on iPad
With Live Captions (beta), spoken dialogue is turned into text and displayed in real time on your iPad screen. You can more easily follow the audio in any app, such as FaceTime or Podcasts, and in live conversations around you. Live Captions is available on supported models when the primary language is set to English (U.S.) or English (Canada).
Important: The accuracy of Live Captions may vary and shouldn’t be relied upon in high-risk or emergency situations.
Set up and customize Live Captions
Go to Settings
> Accessibility > Live Captions (Beta).
Turn on Live Captions, then tap Appearance to customize the text, size, and color of the captions.
By default, Live Captions are shown across all apps. To get live captions only for certain apps such as FaceTime or RTT, turn them on below In-App Live Captions.
See live captions
With Live Captions turned on, iPad automatically transcribes the dialogue in apps or around you. You can do any of the following:
Transcribe a conversation near you: Tap
.
Make the transcription window bigger: Tap
. To restore the window to the smaller size, tap
.
Pause the transcription: Tap
.
Hide the transcription window: Tap
. To restore the window, tap
.